Flamingo March
by Sonali Gangane
Title
Flamingo March
Artist
Sonali Gangane
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Flamingos ( Brazilian pronunciation (help�info)) are a type of wading bird in the genus Phoenicopterus (from Greek: ���� meaning "purple wing"), the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.
Traditionally, the long-legged Ciconiiformes, probably a paraphyletic assemblage, have been considered the flamingos' closest relatives and the family was included in the order. Usually the ibises and spoonbills of the Threskiornithidae were considered their closest relatives within this order. Earlier genetic studies, such as those of Charles Sibley and colleagues, also supported this relationship.[1] Relationships to the waterfowl were considered as well,[2] especially as flamingos are parasitized by feather lice of the genus Anaticola, which are otherwise exclusively found on ducks and geese.The peculiar presbyornithids were used to argue for a close relationship between flamingos, waterfowl, and waders,but they are now known to be unequivocal waterfowl.
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